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[0:09] hello Chanhassen i'm Samantha Deaggio

[0:11] economic development manager and welcome

[0:13] to this episode of The Local this week

[0:15] I'm joined by Brian Culvin owner of the

[0:17] Golf Zone brian thanks for joining us

[0:20] today

thank you

brian can you tell me a

[0:22] little bit about what makes the Golf

[0:23] Zone unique it's an indoor outdoor

[0:26] driving range meaning that we have

[0:29] heated stalls in the winter and then

[0:31] they're fan cooled in the summertime it

[0:34] allows you to work on your game 12

[0:37] months out of the year so here we keep

[0:39] our stalls uh to a comfortable

[0:42] temperature in the winter time of 75 to

[0:44] 85° it allows people to work on their

[0:47] game truly in the t-shirt in the debt of

[0:50] the winter and it allows them to come

[0:53] out here in the summer and be hidden by

[0:56] the sun uh uh stay out of that and then

[0:59] also have the fans steer back um so yeah

[1:02] I think the uniqueness is to allow a

[1:06] motan to work on their game 12 months

[1:10] out of the year

[1:12] can you tell us a little bit about

[1:13] yourself and how you ended up buying

[1:14] your business i was in commercial

[1:16] construction for over 20 years i was

[1:18] just ready for a change and I was a

[1:21] regular customer here at the Golf Zone

[1:23] when it was rain snow or shine and I did

[1:26] what everybody else did i showed up one

[1:27] day and it was closed and I was bummed

[1:32] just like everybody else because this

[1:34] was my go-to spot so I did my research i

[1:38] contacted the previous owner i asked him

[1:41] what he his plans were for it he really

[1:43] didn't know and he asked me what my

[1:46] plans were if I wanted to purchase it

[1:48] and I told him I wanted to do the same

[1:50] thing that he was doing i just wanted to

[1:52] make it better um put a fresh spin on it

[1:56] and that's exactly what I did

[2:00] can you tell us what is one of your

[2:02] bestselling products

i would say the the

[2:04] driving range for sure so we have Top

[2:06] Tracer range which is a simulator we

[2:11] have cameras on the building that track

[2:14] and and trace your ball so it gives you

[2:17] all the stats of what you're doing it

[2:19] tells you your total distance it tells

[2:21] you your spin rate it tells you your

[2:24] carry distance and then you can play up

[2:26] to 15 different games separately from

[2:30] that and then we also have virtual golf

[2:32] where you can play up to 26 golf courses

[2:34] in the world so we do a men's league

[2:37] every Tuesday night in the wintertime

[2:39] and then we do a women's league every

[2:40] Wednesday night too

can you tell me a

[2:43] little bit about how you support the

[2:45] local community

yeah we do a ton of

[2:47] support uh a local donation we get we

[2:50] what we do is we hand out uh uh free

[2:54] mini putt cards so typically if you come

[2:57] in we'll give you anywhere from 5 to 10

[3:00] free rounds uh per business

[3:06] what's one thing that you want Chan

[3:07] businesses to know about your business

[3:09] or what's one thing that Chan residents

[3:10] can do to help you in your business uh

[3:12] you know we do have our slower times

[3:15] which is September through the beginning

[3:17] of November and I understand with

[3:20] football starting school's back school

[3:23] sports and then everybody is out there

[3:26] getting their last rounds of golf in i'd

[3:28] like them to know that they can come out

[3:31] here and still work on their game in the

[3:33] fall and enjoy that crisp fall air while

[3:36] they're out there hitting balls

[3:39] please remember that being local is more

[3:41] than a zip code being local means

[3:43] supporting local businesses until next

[3:45] time Chanhassen

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